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Here’s Mary Meeker’s 21st annual Internet Trends report

@harrisonweber

Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends report has arrived.

Over the last 21 years, Meeker’s annual reports have become a major signal for the biggest trends in tech. This year, Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, tackles slowing smartphone sales; the growing mobile ad industry and ad blocking; the video-ification of social; the future of transportation; and the rise of messaging, bots, and voice-based assistants.

Here’s the full report:

 

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The takeaways

Note: Some are pretty obvious.

  • Flat growth of global Internet users Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.28.11 PM
  • Slowing smartphone adoption Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.28.39 PM
  • Google and Facebook’s increasing dominance of the Internet ad biz Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.29.47 PM
  • Video is growing fast and photo-sharing is still huge, too Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.30.36 PMScreen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.31.51 PM
  • The growth of messaging Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.32.28 PM
  • The significance of searching via your voice and intelligent assistantsScreen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.33.38 PMScreen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.34.37 PM
  •  The evolution of autonomous cars Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.35.08 PM
  • China is an “Internet leader on many metrics” Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.36.31 PMScreen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.37.36 PM
  • Your data is (maybe) not safe Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.38.27 PM Screen Shot 2016-06-01 at 1.39.15 PM